Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 34-year old woman near Seneca on charges of exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Arrest warrants against Ashley Ann Taylor allege incidents in and starting in December 2018 in which Taylor acted as caregiver for a man on Utica’s Gammell Street. The affidavit to one warrant states, “The defendant did, on or about 12-4-18, as […]

Investigators testified today that Jesse Osborne carried out extensive online research and discussed his plans before his September 2016 murder of his father and shooting at the Townville Elementary School. In the school shootings, a six-year-old student, Jacob Hall, was killed and a teacher and another student were wounded. Today was the first day of the 17-year-old Osborne’s sentencing hearing. […]

A 27-year old man has been arrested and charged with car break-ins on the north side of Walhalla. The police had reports Sunday of three car break-ins when they found a man carrying a suitcase near the crime scenes. Authorities say Brandon Kyle Stancil is charged with car break-ins on Barker Street, Shady Brook Drive, and N. Church Street. According […]

Word from Anderson County Courthouse is that there’s a one-hour delay in the start of the proceedings involving Jesse Osborne, who has admitted guilt in the fatal shootings at Townville.  Start time in the sentencing phase of the lengthy case is now said to be 11 o’clock this morning.  Fourteen years old at the time of the shootings, Osborne late […]

Cheryl Cleveland, 71, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 9, 2019, surrounded by her family. A funeral service was held at 2 pm, Monday, November, 11, 2019 at Sandifer Funeral Home Chapel. Ms. Cleveland was laid to rest during a private family service on November 11, 2019. Memorials may be made to the MD Cleveland […]

Police, fire, and ambulance vehicles are at the scene of an accident at Seneca’s East End Intersection.  And from what one passerby could tell, it appears the wreckage for now is blocking any turns from 123 onto EN 1st Street.  We now have a report that two vehicles were involved and the injuries appear to be minor in nature.

Electric power service has been restored at two Westminster schools, and classes are on schedule today at both Westminster Elementary and West-Oak Middle School.  A tree down on a power line is believed responsible for an outage that included two sets of mal-functioning traffic lights.

Oconee school trustees have been given the numbers of how many students partake in the district’s food service programs and at what cost. There’s a new district food service director, April Howe, and she brought a boatload of statistics to last night’s trustees meeting on how many students are eating breakfast and lunch. And the numbers on free, reduced, and […]

Talents exhibited by Walhalla High School students in writing and public speaking were highlighted during the November meeting of the Oconee School Board of Trustees. The high school is sporting winners in both categories. Walhalla swept the VFW speech writing contests among the county’s three high schools, and its first, second, and third place winners now qualify for advanced competition. […]

The complicated issue of nailing down the right pieces of property to build a new Seneca school led the county trustees to once again adjourn to a closed-door session. The district previously designated properties at Wells Highway and Garrison Road as the future location for the replacement Seneca Middle School. In the way, however, it’s believed were clear title issues […]